Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits

Every section of Title 38 of the United States Code, veterans' benefits — 1,194 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 38 U.S.C. § 1542 — Children of veterans of a period of war
• 38 U.S.C. § 1543 — Net worth limitation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1544 — Vacant
• 38 U.S.C. § 1560,_1561 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, §563(c)(1), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 768
• 38 U.S.C. § 1562 — Special provisions relating to pension
• 38 U.S.C. § 1701 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1702 — Presumptions: psychosis after service in World War II and following periods of war; mental illness after service in the Persian Gulf War
• 38 U.S.C. § 1703 — Veterans Community Care Program
• 38 U.S.C. § 1703A — Agreements with eligible entities or providers; certification processes
• 38 U.S.C. § 1703B — Access standards
• 38 U.S.C. § 1703C — Standards for quality
• 38 U.S.C. § 1703D — Prompt payment standard
• 38 U.S.C. § 1703E — Center for Innovation for Care and Payment
• 38 U.S.C. § 1703F — Credentialing verification requirements for providers of non-Department health care services
• 38 U.S.C. § 1703G — Quarterly report on referrals for non-Department health care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1704 — Preventive health services: annual report
• 38 U.S.C. § 1704A — Independent assessments of health care delivery systems and management processes
• 38 U.S.C. § 1705 — Management of health care: patient enrollment system
• 38 U.S.C. § 1705A — Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts
• 38 U.S.C. § 1706 — Management of health care: other requirements
• 38 U.S.C. § 1706A — Remediation of medical service lines
• 38 U.S.C. § 1707 — Limitations
• 38 U.S.C. § 1708 — Temporary lodging
• 38 U.S.C. § 1709 — Comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assault incidents and other safety incidents
• 38 U.S.C. § 1709A — Teleconsultation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1709B — Evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs
• 38 U.S.C. § 1709C — Assistance for child care for certain veterans receiving health care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1710 — Eligibility for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1710A — Required nursing home care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1710B — Extended care services
• 38 U.S.C. § 1710C — Traumatic brain injury: plans for rehabilitation and reintegration into the community
• 38 U.S.C. § 1710D — Traumatic brain injury: comprehensive program for long-term rehabilitation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1710E — Traumatic brain injury: use of non-Department facilities for rehabilitation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1711 — Care during examinations and in emergencies
• 38 U.S.C. § 1712 — Dental care; drugs and medicines for certain disabled veterans; vaccines
• 38 U.S.C. § 1712A — Eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services
• 38 U.S.C. § 1712B — Counseling for former prisoners of war
• 38 U.S.C. § 1712C — Dental insurance plan for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1713 — Renumbered §1781
• 38 U.S.C. § 1714 — Fitting and training in use of prosthetic appliances; guide dogs; service dogs
• 38 U.S.C. § 1715 — Tobacco for hospitalized veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1716 — Hospital care by other agencies of the United States
• 38 U.S.C. § 1717 — Home health services; invalid lifts and other devices
• 38 U.S.C. § 1718 — Therapeutic and rehabilitative activities
• 38 U.S.C. § 1719 — Repair or replacement of certain prosthetic and other appliances
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720 — Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720A — Treatment and rehabilitative services for persons with drug or alcohol dependency
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720B — Respite care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720C — Noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720D — Counseling and treatment for sexual trauma
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720E — Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720F — Comprehensive program for suicide prevention among veterans and members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720G — Assistance and support services for caregivers
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720H — Mental health treatment for veterans and members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who served in classified missions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720I — Mental and behavioral health care for certain former members of the Armed Forces
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720J — Emergent suicide care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720K — Grants or contracts to provide mental health support to family caregivers of veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1720L — Home- and community-based services: programs
• 38 U.S.C. § 1721 — Power to make rules and regulations
• 38 U.S.C. § 1722 — Determination of inability to defray necessary expenses; income thresholds
• 38 U.S.C. § 1722A — Copayment for medications
• 38 U.S.C. § 1722B — Copayments: waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1722C — Copayments: prohibition on collection of copayments for first three mental health care outpatient visits of veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1723 — Furnishing of clothing
• 38 U.S.C. § 1724 — Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad
• 38 U.S.C. § 1725 — Reimbursement for emergency treatment
• 38 U.S.C. § 1725A — Access to walk-in care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1726 — Reimbursement for loss of personal effects by natural disaster
• 38 U.S.C. § 1727 — Persons eligible under prior law
• 38 U.S.C. § 1728 — Reimbursement of certain medical expenses
• 38 U.S.C. § 1729 — Recovery by the United States of the cost of certain care and services
• 38 U.S.C. § 1729A — Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund
• 38 U.S.C. § 1729B — Consolidated patient accounting centers
• 38 U.S.C. § 1730 — Community residential care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1730A — Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1730B — Access to State prescription drug monitoring programs
• 38 U.S.C. § 1730C — Licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via telemedicine
• 38 U.S.C. § 1731 — Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines
• 38 U.S.C. § 1732 — Contracts and grants to provide for the care and treatment of United States veterans by the Veterans Memorial Medical Center
• 38 U.S.C. § 1733 — Supervision of program by the President
• 38 U.S.C. § 1734 — Hospital and nursing home care and medical services in the United States
• 38 U.S.C. § 1735 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1741 — Criteria for payment
• 38 U.S.C. § 1742 — Inspections of such homes; restrictions on beneficiaries
• 38 U.S.C. § 1743 — Applications
• 38 U.S.C. § 1744 — Hiring and retention of nurses: payments to assist States
• 38 U.S.C. § 1745 — Nursing home care, adult day health care, and medications for veterans with service-connected disabilities
• 38 U.S.C. § 1751 — Screening, counseling, and medical treatment
• 38 U.S.C. § 1752 — Research
• 38 U.S.C. § 1753 — Voluntary participation; confidentiality
• 38 U.S.C. § 1754 — Reports
• 38 U.S.C. § 1761_to_1764 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–585, title V, §514(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 4958
• 38 U.S.C. § 1771_to_1774 — Renumbered §§2031 to 2034
• 38 U.S.C. § 1781 — Medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1782 — Counseling, training, and mental health services for immediate family members and caregivers
• 38 U.S.C. § 1783 — Bereavement counseling
• 38 U.S.C. § 1784 — Humanitarian care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1784A — Examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in labor
• 38 U.S.C. § 1785 — Care and services during certain disasters and emergencies
• 38 U.S.C. § 1786 — Care for newborn children of women veterans receiving maternity care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1787 — Health care of family members of veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
• 38 U.S.C. § 1788 — Transplant procedures with live donors and related services
• 38 U.S.C. § 1789 — Mental health services for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces
• 38 U.S.C. § 1801 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, §401(c)(1), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1860
• 38 U.S.C. § 1802 — Spina bifida conditions covered
• 38 U.S.C. § 1803 — Health care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1804 — Vocational training and rehabilitation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1805 — Monetary allowance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1806 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, §401(c)(3), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1860
• 38 U.S.C. § 1811 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1812 — Covered birth defects
• 38 U.S.C. § 1813 — Health care
• 38 U.S.C. § 1814 — Vocational training
• 38 U.S.C. § 1815 — Monetary allowance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1816 — Regulations
• 38 U.S.C. § 1821 — Benefits for children of certain Korea service veterans born with spina bifida
• 38 U.S.C. § 1822 — Benefits for children of certain Thailand service veterans born with spina bifida
• 38 U.S.C. § 1831 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1832 — Applicability of certain administrative provisions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1833 — Treatment of receipt of monetary allowance and other benefits
• 38 U.S.C. § 1834 — Nonduplication of benefits
• 38 U.S.C. § 1835 — Advisory council
• 38 U.S.C. § 1836 — Care and coordination teams
• 38 U.S.C. § 1837 — Duration of health care and benefits provided
• 38 U.S.C. § 1838 — Biennial report
• 38 U.S.C. § 1901 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1902 — Premium rates and policy values
• 38 U.S.C. § 1903 — Amount of insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1904 — Plans of insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1905 — Renewal
• 38 U.S.C. § 1906 — Policy provisions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1907 — Payment or use of dividends
• 38 U.S.C. § 1908 — Premium payments
• 38 U.S.C. § 1909 — Effective date of insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1910 — Incontestability
• 38 U.S.C. § 1911 — Forfeiture
• 38 U.S.C. § 1912 — Total disability waiver
• 38 U.S.C. § 1913 — Death before six months' total disability
• 38 U.S.C. § 1914 — Statutory total disabilities
• 38 U.S.C. § 1915 — Total disability income provision
• 38 U.S.C. § 1916 — Insurance which matured before August 1, 1946
• 38 U.S.C. § 1917 — Insurance maturing on or after August 1, 1946
• 38 U.S.C. § 1918 — Assignments
• 38 U.S.C. § 1919 — National Service Life Insurance appropriation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1920 — National Service Life Insurance Fund
• 38 U.S.C. § 1921 — Extra hazard costs
• 38 U.S.C. § 1922 — Legacy service disabled veterans' insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1922A — Legacy supplemental service disabled veterans' insurance for totally disabled veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1922B — Service-disabled veterans insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1923 — Veterans' Special Life Insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1924 — In-service waiver of premiums
• 38 U.S.C. § 1925 — Limited period for acquiring insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1926 — Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries
• 38 U.S.C. § 1927 — Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants
• 38 U.S.C. § 1928 — Authority for payment of interest on settlements
• 38 U.S.C. § 1929 — Authority to adjust premium discount rates
• 38 U.S.C. § 1940 — Definition
• 38 U.S.C. § 1941 — Amount of insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1942 — Plans of insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1943 — Premiums
• 38 U.S.C. § 1944 — Policy provisions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1945 — Renewal
• 38 U.S.C. § 1946 — Dividends to pay premiums
• 38 U.S.C. § 1947 — Incontestability
• 38 U.S.C. § 1948 — Total disability provision
• 38 U.S.C. § 1949 — Beneficiaries
• 38 U.S.C. § 1950 — Payment to estates
• 38 U.S.C. § 1951 — Payment of insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1952 — Optional settlement
• 38 U.S.C. § 1953 — Assignments
• 38 U.S.C. § 1954 — Forfeiture
• 38 U.S.C. § 1955 — United States Government Life Insurance Fund
• 38 U.S.C. § 1956 — Military and naval insurance appropriation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1957 — Extra hazard costs
• 38 U.S.C. § 1958 — Statutory total permanent disability
• 38 U.S.C. § 1959 — Waiver of disability for reinstatement
• 38 U.S.C. § 1960 — Waiver of premium payments on due date
• 38 U.S.C. § 1961 — Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries
• 38 U.S.C. § 1962 — Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants
• 38 U.S.C. § 1963 — Authority for payment of interest on settlements
• 38 U.S.C. § 1965 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1966 — Eligible insurance companies
• 38 U.S.C. § 1967 — Persons insured; amount
• 38 U.S.C. § 1968 — Duration and termination of coverage; conversion
• 38 U.S.C. § 1969 — Deductions; payment; investment; expenses
• 38 U.S.C. § 1970 — Beneficiaries; payment of insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1971 — Basic tables of premiums; readjustment of rates
• 38 U.S.C. § 1972 — Benefit certificates
• 38 U.S.C. § 1973 — Forfeiture
• 38 U.S.C. § 1974 — Advisory Council on Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1975 — Jurisdiction of District Courts
• 38 U.S.C. § 1976 — Effective date
• 38 U.S.C. § 1977 — Veterans' Group Life Insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1978 — Reinstatement
• 38 U.S.C. § 1979 — Incontestability
• 38 U.S.C. § 1980 — Option to receive accelerated death benefit
• 38 U.S.C. § 1980A — Traumatic injury protection
• 38 U.S.C. § 1981 — Replacement of surrendered and expired insurance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1982 — Administrative cost
• 38 U.S.C. § 1983 — Settlements for minors or incompetents